Tuesday 13th November 2012 - 9:56am

It is up to local authorities to decide whether they need to consult again on individual council tax support schemes in order to qualify for a state grant, the Government has said.Many local authorities had already consulted on new schemes – following the Government’s plans to abolish the current system and cut the funding by 10% – when it announced that an extra £100m in grant would be available to help councils protect vulnerable people but only if schemes adopt specific...